If I receive any more stuff on how to deliver an outstanding lesson I am going to scream

[orangeandlemons]

...and scream!

I can only do so much in one lesson. I am so sick of OFSTED being rammed down our throats.

I used to enjoy my job

DD2's (infant school) uses 'WALT' (What are we learning today?) and 'WILF' (What am I looking for?) which is useful, I think.

So the WALT for literacy was 'story writing' and the WILF was 'A beginning, middle and end. Punctuation and finger spaces.'

Gosh yes, 'you must show progress'. Every lesson.

I'm being Performance Managed with my lower ability year 11s in a couple of weeks.

I'm prepping them: 'So at the start of the lesson, when Miss B is in watching us, & I ask if anyone knows what rule of 3 is, you'll all say...'

'No idea miss!'

'& at the end of the lesson, you'll say...?'

'Things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective, miss, so we need to use it in our persuasive writing on the exam.'

Sorted. Progress shown.

Three part lessons are so 2011.
Now it's all about learning episodes, and you have to have lots and lots and LOTS. I suppose the three part lesson compressed into three lots of 20 minute chunks would be acceptable, or four three-part-sessions of 15 mins, perhaps. 5 minute starter, 5 min activity, 5 min mini-plenary.
Or maybe those learning episodes are just too long and unwieldy. How about 60-second bursts of activity, with a plenary every other minute? That must be what Ofsted really wants.

RavenAK - great plan!!!

"rapid and sustained progress" always gives me a mental image of shocked teenagers being catapulted through the air by some sort of giant sling shot.

Incidentally, I heard that Naveed of 9C has been circulating a topless pic of SMT's mother via BBM. SMT's mother is now refusing to leave her room/ has become the OAP version of a school refuser. (Coffee morning at John Lewis refuser?) But SMT won't exclude him as it happened out of school time. SMT's grandparents furious and going to the Daily Mail.

Things We Achieved Today and Criteria Understood, Next Target didn't make it out into classrooms

'tis a shame that.

We have to post full details of all homework set on the school website, including Learning Objectives & Learning Outcomes.

I think Objectives mean 'do this work' & Outcomes mean 'so that you will understand _'.

Takes me much of Sunday evening to do, I know that much...but at least it spares the kids the unreasonable expectation of writing down their homework in their planners, so it's all good.

I hate learning objectives/outcomes.

It spoils the surprise.

Besides which, doorhandle lessons are always the best IME.

Agreed. We now have Learning Journeys to spoil the surprises for an entire half term.

We have had an OFSTED inspection this term. They arrived with no notice and stayed for two days. Most teachers were seen, but only for 20 minutes! I am at a loss to know how a lesson can be judged as outstanding (or even judged at all) after 20 minutes.

A door handle lesson? Would thatbe an off the cuff lesson?

Aren't they supposed to give48 hours notice?

Nope. In fact they don't do inspections on Mondays apparently, because if they told you on Fruday, you'd have too long to prepare...

We were told on Tuesday lunchtime and they arrived on Wednesday morning.

Our Deputy Head (evil nasty woman- picks on teachers in turn. I had my turn at the end of last year- she told me that as HOD I had no right to assume I would be involved in interviewing a new member of staff for my dept and that there was no need for me to be involved. When I complained to my line manager, the Deputy told me that my "problem" is that I take things too personally) has decided that ALL lessons in our school have to follow this plan:

1. Tell kids what they are going to learn. Give them resources to be able to learn said stuff independently.
2. Kids, having worked independently in cooperative groups, report back to the rest of the class. Rest of class offer constructive criticism.
3. Kids return to groups and make necessary changes to their work.
4. Kids report back again. Everyone has learned loads.

Also, she insists that every child should make 4 levels of progress per key stage per subject.

She's leaving in January To be a headteacher.

On a more useful note, I like The Lazy Teacher- his books are full of genuinely usable ideas.

Ha, well that lets me off the hook for Mondays then!.

Only teach Mon/Tues/Wed.

Perhaps they will announce on a Wednesday dinner time theyare due

And don't forget....no going home at 3.30 now. That would be lazy and not worthy of a payrise.

orange - as long as you're doing stuff with kids after 3.30...

4 levels of progress! So average level 4 students in Year 7 are supposed to achieve level 8 at the end of Year 9! All the more remarkable because you are not allowed to teach them anything.

Where has she got the 2 levels of progress from?!!!!!!!